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Overview

Ju-Kon Kim is affiliated with Seoul National University in South Korea and focuses research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry.

The primary research areas covered by Ju-Kon Kim include Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Plant Gene Expression Analysis, Plant responses to water stress, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering.

Ju-Kon Kim has published extensively in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Plants, Plant Science, and Plant Biotechnology Journal. The International Journal of Molecular Sciences has been a particularly common venue, hosting five of their publications.

Selected recent papers authored by or involving Ju-Kon Kim include:

  • Transgenic Breeding Approaches for Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Transcriptional activation of rice CINNAMOYL-CoA REDUCTASE 10 by OsNAC5, contributes to drought tolerance by modulating lignin accumulation in roots, 2021, Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • DROUGHT-INDUCED BRANCHED-CHAIN AMINO ACID AMINOTRANSFERASE enhances drought tolerance in rice, 2022, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Overexpression of OsC3H10, a CCCH-Zinc Finger, Improves Drought Tolerance in Rice by Regulating Stress-Related Genes, 2020, Plants
  • Overexpression of OsERF83, a Vascular Tissue-Specific Transcription Factor Gene, Confers Drought Tolerance in Rice, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent collaborators in Ju-Kon Kim's research include Jun Sung Seo, Youn Shic Kim, Jae Sung Shim, Seung Woon Bang, and Se Eun Jung.

Best Publications

  • Trehalose accumulation in rice plants confers high tolerance levels to different abiotic stresses

    Ajay K. Garg;Ju-Kon Kim;Thomas G. Owens;Anil P. Ranwala

  • Arabidopsis CBF3/DREB1A and ABF3 in Transgenic Rice Increased Tolerance to Abiotic Stress without Stunting Growth

    Se-Jun Oh;Sang Ik Song;Youn Shic Kim;Hyun-Jun Jang

  • Root-specific expression of OsNAC10 improves drought tolerance and grain yield in rice under field drought conditions.

    Jin Seo Jeong;Youn Shic Kim;Kwang Hun Baek;Harin Jung

  • Expression of a Bifunctional Fusion of the Escherichia coli Genes for Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase and Trehalose-6-Phosphate Phosphatase in Transgenic Rice Plants Increases Trehalose Accumulation and Abiotic Stress Tolerance without Stunting Growth

    In-Cheol Jang;Se-Jun Oh;Ju-Seok Seo;Won-Bin Choi

  • OsbHLH148, a basic helix-loop-helix protein, interacts with OsJAZ proteins in a jasmonate signaling pathway leading to drought tolerance in rice.

    Ju-Seok Seo;Joungsu Joo;Min-Jeong Kim;Min-Jeong Kim;Yeon-Ki Kim

  • Overexpression of the Transcription Factor AP37 in Rice Improves Grain Yield under Drought Conditions

    Se-Jun Oh;Youn Shic Kim;Chang-Woo Kwon;Hye Kyong Park

  • OsNAC5 overexpression enlarges root diameter in rice plants leading to enhanced drought tolerance and increased grain yield in the field

    Jin Seo Jeong;Youn Shic Kim;Mark C.F.R. Redillas;Geupil Jang

  • The overexpression of OsNAC9 alters the root architecture of rice plants enhancing drought resistance and grain yield under field conditions.

    Mark C.F.R. Redillas;Jin S. Jeong;Youn S. Kim;Harin Jung

  • Methyl Jasmonate Reduces Grain Yield by Mediating Stress Signals to Alter Spikelet Development in Rice

    Eun Hye Kim;Youn Shic Kim;Su-Hyun Park;Yeon Jong Koo

  • Expression of barley HvCBF4 enhances tolerance to abiotic stress in transgenic rice.

    Se-Jun Oh;Chang-Woo Kwon;Dong-Woog Choi;Sang Ik Song

  • AtMYB44 regulates WRKY70 expression and modulates antagonistic interaction between salicylic acid and jasmonic acid signaling

    Jae Sung Shim;Choonkyun Jung;Sangjoon Lee;Kyunghun Min

  • OsIAA6, a member of the rice Aux/IAA gene family, is involved in drought tolerance and tiller outgrowth

    Harin Jung;Dong-Keun Lee;Yang Do Choi;Ju-Kon Kim

  • Overexpression of OsNAC14 Improves Drought Tolerance in Rice.

    Jae Sung Shim;Nuri Oh;Pil Joong Chung;Youn Shic Kim

  • Overexpression of the OsERF71 Transcription Factor Alters Rice Root Structure and Drought Resistance

    Dong-Keun Lee;Harin Jung;Geupil Jang;Jin Seo Jeong

  • Overexpression of salicylic acid carboxyl methyltransferase reduces salicylic acid-mediated pathogen resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Yeon Jong Koo;Myeong Ae Kim;Eun Hye Kim;Jong Tae Song

  • The rice OsNAC6 transcription factor orchestrates multiple molecular mechanisms involving root structural adaptions and nicotianamine biosynthesis for drought tolerance

    Dong-Keun Lee;Pil Joong Chung;Jin Seo Jeong;Geupil Jang

  • Accumulation of trehalose increases soluble sugar contents in rice plants conferring tolerance to drought and salt stress

    Mark C. F. R. Redillas;Su-Hyun Park;Jang Wook Lee;Youn Shic Kim

  • Application of two bicistronic systems involving 2A and IRES sequences to the biosynthesis of carotenoids in rice endosperm.

    Sun-Hwa Ha;Ying Shi Liang;Harin Jung;Mi-Jeong Ahn

  • Co-expression of a modified maize ribosome-inactivating protein and a rice basic chitinase gene in transgenic rice plants confers enhanced resistance to sheath blight.

    Ju-Kon Kim;In-Cheol Jang;Ray Wu;Wei-Neng Zuo

  • Analysis of five novel putative constitutive gene promoters in transgenic rice plants

    Su-Hyun Park;Nari Yi;Nari Yi;Youn Shic Kim;Min-Ho Jeong

Frequent Co-Authors

Yang Do Choi
Yang Do Choi Seoul National University
Hye Sun Cho
Hye Sun Cho Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
Ray Wu
Ray Wu Cornell University
Kyu Young Kang
Kyu Young Kang Dongguk University
Hari B. Krishnan
Hari B. Krishnan University of Missouri
David W. Galbraith
David W. Galbraith University of Arizona
Reto J. Strasser
Reto J. Strasser University of Geneva
Woo Taek Kim
Woo Taek Kim Yonsei University
Yong-Hwan Lee
Yong-Hwan Lee Seoul National University
Gynheung An
Gynheung An Kyung Hee University

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